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| Migration... |
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Due to sheer
poverty or sometimes entrapped by the temptations of the cities,
young people leave their villages and move to larger cities.
Most of these people end up in slums. It's a tough battle for
survival while they try to build their own existence. Many of
them regret this decision bein unable to go back.
That's why the ASSB's main goal is to improve the living conditions
in rural areas. Need and poverty in the villages are easier
to cope with than the dehumanizing afflictions in the city slums.
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| Slum dwellings. These
are people who had more success than those who have to live
and sleep at the roads. |
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However, by moaning,
these people don't disappear. Only a few steps from the crowded
shopping streets a glance behind the buildings reveals the low
huts built from insulation foil along drainage trenches one
at the other without water or power supply, without toilets
just like a dog kennel without a window. filled with smoke from
small fireplaces where women cook the provisional meals consisting
usually from left over and waste.
Of course, it's the women and children who suffer most from
lack of space and and illnesses due to the disastrous sanitary
condition. Desperateness is a feeding ground for violence and
crime. |
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| Working in the Slum of Dinajpur
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| The ASSB nursery
school builds good relationships to the pupils' parents. General
health conditions are improved by advice to mothers and pupils,
by immunization campaigns, by preventive examinations for pregnant
women, for infants and toddlers, and by medical consultations.
Usually, the slum is visited twice a month by a team of doctors,
consisting of a general practitioner, an ophthalmologist, and
a dentist. |
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| A Queue for Medical Examinations |
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| Adult Education |
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| Adults are taught
in reading, writing, calculating as well as in how to start
a small business. Women learn sewing and tailoring, processing
of food, basket making, and the processing of Jute fibers. The
ASSB grants pertaining initial loans. The women sell their products
on local markets. Due to their own incomes, they gain self confidence
and social recognition. |
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| Success Stories |
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| Thus, in the
slums, the ASSB has improved the conditions for women and children
and has spread the seed of hope for a better life. |
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| With the ASSB's support,
this family started a tailor shop. |
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Health
Slums
